Gathering vs Compilation - What's the difference?
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A meeting or get-together; a party or social function.
A group of people or things.
((bookbinding)) A section, a group of bifolios, or sheets of paper, stacked together and folded in half.
A charitable contribution; a collection.
A tumor or boil suppurated or maturated; an abscess.
present continuous of gather; collecting or bringing together
(uncountable) The act or process of compiling or gathering together from various sources.
(countable) That which is compiled; especially, a book or document composed of materials gathering from other books or documents.
(uncountable, computing) Translation of source code into object code by a compiler.
Gathering is a related term of compilation.
As nouns the difference between gathering and compilation
is that gathering is a meeting or get-together; a party or social function while compilation is (uncountable) the act or process of compiling or gathering together from various sources.As a verb gathering
is present continuous of gather; collecting or bringing together.gathering
English
(wikipedia gathering)Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- I met her at a gathering of engineers and scientists.
- A gathering of fruit.
- This gathering machine forms the backbone of a bookbinding operation.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) (m), equivalent to .Verb
(head)- She enjoyed gathering wildflowers.